Why not just make ONE mini cable and you use that one on your home theatre, car etc? IE, start small and remain small. I dun understahhhnnnndddd!
(And why is Slashdot's new(ish) posting system SOOOo slow. You have to wait ages after clicking Submit button. Bad.
And found Skype to be very reliable on my 3.6 yo 7.2Mbps Vodafone 3G connection on the EE PC. The only downsides were obvious: a) It's still a very bulky phone. b) You look a right dork talking to your computer in a coffee shop, unless you have a headset, and even then, it's fairly unsociable. I suppose the solution is to carry a Skype handset with you at all times too! c) Here in the UK you can buy from 3 (network) a mobile/cell phone with built in WiFi and use that.
Now, this is where it gets interesting! The Nokia E71 plus Fring was excellent using the included free data allowance thought Vodafone. The call quality was BETTER across Fring and Vodafone's data than making a conventional voice call. The only downsides to all this was as someone else has mentioned, the battery life is massively reduced because your phone and data connection has to be 'on' all the time. However, with wearable solar panels, one day, this problem will be dealt with. We're just a few years away from making mobile always on VOiP a reality.
Having been on Virgin's fibre broadband at 20Mbits (yup, 20) for 6 months, while it is indeed very fast and so far, reliable, it is NOT fast enough. As soon as another occupant of the house beginds to watch an HD stream or download something, it slows down - sometimes even grinding to a halt altogether during busy evenings. Furthermore, with the advent of widespread cloud computing, considerable strain is going to be put on the Internet as a whole. Already, using Google Docs on anything but the fastest connection is impossible, with it timing out if the connection slows down too much. (Not Google's fault.)
For the sake of the economy, like the autobahns, highways and motorways of the past, the governments of today (Singapore has already done this) needs to build a super/mega/ultra/wikkedly fast national network of at least 40Mbits (yes, 40) with a 5Mbit or more downlink to make uploading content and teleconferencing practical. The ideal way to achieve this without digging up half the planet to lay fibre to the home will be to use 4G LTE wireless technology.
We MUST invest now!
...not only is the air obviously clear and sweet, but it is significantly easier to read and absorb information, not to mention, be creative. Yes, one misses the 'buz' of the city, but then that is animal nature. I think as the world currently stands on edge ("End of days"?), it may be time to rethink our way of living.
Interesting. And a good reason for races to inter procreate. Let's mix it up and save ourselves from domination by one specific (possibly evil) gene type.
Once again, the Jews set the terms for their own destruction by failing to believe just how evil the outside world is and making it much easier for people who gain access to this information to target specific individuals. Very worrying for one reason: It is not optional! What can you do? Refuse to have your details obtained or leave the country.
... MarsHydro.com (Semi tongue in cheek teaser site created in 2000 when NASA first discovered evidence of PRIOR water on Mars in the form of those gullies.)
Who, unlike cameras, can come to the aid of the public - and run after any legitimate criminals. People fighting after a few drinks are not criminals, they are just lads having a night out and getting rowdy. Life in the UK is now grey, stressful and humdrum - America, do NOT allow this to happen to you - please!
If they are not rejected immediately, they may be challenged later. Myself and others developed one or more of the concepts Mr. Z has tried to patent - way before he filed his application(s). In particular those relating to privacy and tagging.
a) MS are very effective lobbyists, often paying vendors to install their awful OS so they can then charge users for all those silly upgrades - not to mention the huge aftermarket in security/anti-virus utilities. b) MS aside, people seek solutions - and if a killer Linux/Web app appears, then people will order their EEE PC (or other mini laptop) with their preferred OS. Truth be told, in an era of web apps, it's the browser that really counts. I own a 7" EEE PC (black of course) and it's so useful having all the apps there - and it's SSD makes it robust. All for £1000 less than my MacBook that is far less stable. I'm upgrading to a 901 Linux black soon as poss as I could do with the 9" screen! (Only real limitation after a while with the 7".)
...we sell entries in a (UK) based business directory gonumber.com and part of the selling process involves personal visits to high street retailers, restaurants etc. Approx 10% do not have an email address at all, while another 10% do not even use computers at all. (An email address does not of course require your own computer.) There are two groups who fit this profile: a) Older people of all ethnic groups. b) 1st generation immigrants. There are cultural reasons. Some people just like to communicate and do business in person - and why not? Others rely upon tried and tested methods. After all, how many people have ever had their (paper) notebook crash or require an expensive upgrade? Consider this, the pyramids and most of the world's most complex and beautiful buildings were designed, constructed and managed hundreds and sometimes thousands of years before the advent of calculating machines. Nothing like the human imagination to achieve wonders. I diverse...
Email is standardised, more reliable, easier to manage and a whole lot more versatile. Anyone who uses SMS to communicate regularly is nuts. I no longer use it, nor a Blackberry which is also an expensive way to communicate - it's only value prop being it's push. The best way is to configure your email client on each device you own and use that. If it's urgent, pickup the phone and take advantage of all those free mimutes! Talk is cheap, really!
I have been saying the very same thing and also used the term Manhatten Project with reference to the level of effort required. Can you drop me a line using our company contact form at owonder.com/contact. We can start a dialog and try to bring about change before it is too late. Alex
... government has lost trust in the people due to it's lack of moral authority, and so, rather than encourage family values and street police, it is allowing people freedom to do as they wish, but use technology and fines (citations) to tax bad behavior. Think a combination of Minority Report and Demolition Man. And those of is who care don't intend to let them get away with it or stick around. You fight, or you flight.
So glad after all these years I have finally got proof I was not imagining things! Until this slashdot posting, I had assumed I was alone. Phew! I owned a 12" PowerBook and had to sell it because every time I used it, the skin on my fingers would crack - and after extended use, bleed at the cracks - despite my good health. Same if I used a relatives 15" aluminium PowerBook for more than a few minutes. I always felt some minor tingling, even in my older (2001) Titanium PowerBook, but only in certain circumstances that must be related to the power adapter issue. What is worrying is that the new MacBook Air is aluminium and I would like to buy one later in the year to replace my aging MacBook that causes no problems being plastic. So, it would seem that the electrical leakage is slightly burning my skin? Or am I allergic to aluminium?
The decision makers at large and small businesses do not normally read Slashdot and other journals. They are more often than not sold solutions buy sales people or their advisors. (Remember the old phrase, "No one ever got fired for buying IBM.") Well, just as VHS won over Beta in the video wars because JVC were smart enough to ensure a lot of Porn was released on VHS, so with the future of software and OS's, something somewhere will be 'the' killer app to get whoever creates it a foothold. And if whoever that is, whether it's Google, Microsoft, Zoho or some as yet unheard of company or pair of individuals, continues to innovate, then they will end up taking the lead. Remember how it was in the 1980s, who made the best image editing application? Electronic Arts with Deluxe Paint! How things change. Electronic Arts are now the world's leading Game publisher and Photoshop (from the at the time unheard of Adobe) is now the leading image editor. Why? Because EA dropped the ball with DPaint while Adobe have continued to develop and innovate so that Photoshop continues to be a SOLUTION. Enough said.:-)
...My Macbook hard drive crashed due to a KNOWN fault with the drives, although I did not know it was a known fault at the time. Apple refused to replace the drive unless I sent it to them - despite me getting an Applestore to validate the drive had crashed. I refused to send it to Apple to protect my privacy in case they were able to recover any data. So, I had to pay for a new drive - and have kept the old drive. However, now I have read this article and learned that the specific drive model has a known fault, I am going to drop Apple a line. To be fair to Apple, I have no problem with providing evidence that the drive is unusable.
This is what I did:
1. Researched which was the best printer to buy for reliability and versatility - Canon won every time (I have NO connection with the company)
2. Research which had best value longest lasting cartridges - Canon (according to comments on Amazon.co.uk/com buyer reviews)
3. Purchase my USB cable online for £5 as opposed to £15 in retail store
4. Later, when we have to share the printer, I plan to purchase a WiFi card for the printer. (I opted for a Canon MP600, which has proven excellent.)
The printer industry, Canon excepted, is doing more to harm the environment than any other. (My opinion.) It is a waste of resources to need to treck down to your local PC store because the Magenta cartridge is empty so you can print that vital document/page/photo. And pay for the nose for it.
Buy a middle to top of the range Canon, or a mid range Laser Printer.
Or even better, try what we did for a year, discard your printer and post everything to a Blog or Wiki. (We purchased a printer again for some short run letter writing and legal documents.)
When a manufacturer does something right, it is terrible that retailers drop their product. Canon are excellent and if the retailers want to profit from their products, they should price them competitively and sell more of them - just as Jessops (UK) are doing, with the MP600 £10 less expensive than online!
(HP are terribly unethical with regard to their printers.) Not done much research into Epson or Lexmark.
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Why not just make ONE mini cable and you use that one on your home theatre, car etc? IE, start small and remain small. I dun understahhhnnnndddd! (And why is Slashdot's new(ish) posting system SOOOo slow. You have to wait ages after clicking Submit button. Bad.
And found Skype to be very reliable on my 3.6 yo 7.2Mbps Vodafone 3G connection on the EE PC. The only downsides were obvious: a) It's still a very bulky phone. b) You look a right dork talking to your computer in a coffee shop, unless you have a headset, and even then, it's fairly unsociable. I suppose the solution is to carry a Skype handset with you at all times too! c) Here in the UK you can buy from 3 (network) a mobile/cell phone with built in WiFi and use that. Now, this is where it gets interesting! The Nokia E71 plus Fring was excellent using the included free data allowance thought Vodafone. The call quality was BETTER across Fring and Vodafone's data than making a conventional voice call. The only downsides to all this was as someone else has mentioned, the battery life is massively reduced because your phone and data connection has to be 'on' all the time. However, with wearable solar panels, one day, this problem will be dealt with. We're just a few years away from making mobile always on VOiP a reality.
Spot on! http://visionaforethought.wordpress.com/
Having been on Virgin's fibre broadband at 20Mbits (yup, 20) for 6 months, while it is indeed very fast and so far, reliable, it is NOT fast enough. As soon as another occupant of the house beginds to watch an HD stream or download something, it slows down - sometimes even grinding to a halt altogether during busy evenings. Furthermore, with the advent of widespread cloud computing, considerable strain is going to be put on the Internet as a whole. Already, using Google Docs on anything but the fastest connection is impossible, with it timing out if the connection slows down too much. (Not Google's fault.) For the sake of the economy, like the autobahns, highways and motorways of the past, the governments of today (Singapore has already done this) needs to build a super/mega/ultra/wikkedly fast national network of at least 40Mbits (yes, 40) with a 5Mbit or more downlink to make uploading content and teleconferencing practical. The ideal way to achieve this without digging up half the planet to lay fibre to the home will be to use 4G LTE wireless technology. We MUST invest now!
You never know, people have been known to pay for the extraordinary.
...not only is the air obviously clear and sweet, but it is significantly easier to read and absorb information, not to mention, be creative. Yes, one misses the 'buz' of the city, but then that is animal nature. I think as the world currently stands on edge ("End of days"?), it may be time to rethink our way of living.
Happy New Year! :-)
Interesting. And a good reason for races to inter procreate. Let's mix it up and save ourselves from domination by one specific (possibly evil) gene type.
Once again, the Jews set the terms for their own destruction by failing to believe just how evil the outside world is and making it much easier for people who gain access to this information to target specific individuals. Very worrying for one reason: It is not optional! What can you do? Refuse to have your details obtained or leave the country.
... MarsHydro.com (Semi tongue in cheek teaser site created in 2000 when NASA first discovered evidence of PRIOR water on Mars in the form of those gullies.)
Who, unlike cameras, can come to the aid of the public - and run after any legitimate criminals. People fighting after a few drinks are not criminals, they are just lads having a night out and getting rowdy. Life in the UK is now grey, stressful and humdrum - America, do NOT allow this to happen to you - please!
If they are not rejected immediately, they may be challenged later. Myself and others developed one or more of the concepts Mr. Z has tried to patent - way before he filed his application(s). In particular those relating to privacy and tagging.
you naughty naughty naughty slashdotter, was that an attempt at humor? keep it up, we need more giggles in space!
http://www.marshydro.com/ :-)
a) MS are very effective lobbyists, often paying vendors to install their awful OS so they can then charge users for all those silly upgrades - not to mention the huge aftermarket in security/anti-virus utilities. b) MS aside, people seek solutions - and if a killer Linux/Web app appears, then people will order their EEE PC (or other mini laptop) with their preferred OS. Truth be told, in an era of web apps, it's the browser that really counts. I own a 7" EEE PC (black of course) and it's so useful having all the apps there - and it's SSD makes it robust. All for £1000 less than my MacBook that is far less stable. I'm upgrading to a 901 Linux black soon as poss as I could do with the 9" screen! (Only real limitation after a while with the 7".)
...we sell entries in a (UK) based business directory gonumber.com and part of the selling process involves personal visits to high street retailers, restaurants etc. Approx 10% do not have an email address at all, while another 10% do not even use computers at all. (An email address does not of course require your own computer.) There are two groups who fit this profile: a) Older people of all ethnic groups. b) 1st generation immigrants. There are cultural reasons. Some people just like to communicate and do business in person - and why not? Others rely upon tried and tested methods. After all, how many people have ever had their (paper) notebook crash or require an expensive upgrade? Consider this, the pyramids and most of the world's most complex and beautiful buildings were designed, constructed and managed hundreds and sometimes thousands of years before the advent of calculating machines. Nothing like the human imagination to achieve wonders. I diverse...
Email is standardised, more reliable, easier to manage and a whole lot more versatile. Anyone who uses SMS to communicate regularly is nuts. I no longer use it, nor a Blackberry which is also an expensive way to communicate - it's only value prop being it's push. The best way is to configure your email client on each device you own and use that. If it's urgent, pickup the phone and take advantage of all those free mimutes! Talk is cheap, really!
I have been saying the very same thing and also used the term Manhatten Project with reference to the level of effort required. Can you drop me a line using our company contact form at owonder.com/contact. We can start a dialog and try to bring about change before it is too late. Alex
... government has lost trust in the people due to it's lack of moral authority, and so, rather than encourage family values and street police, it is allowing people freedom to do as they wish, but use technology and fines (citations) to tax bad behavior. Think a combination of Minority Report and Demolition Man. And those of is who care don't intend to let them get away with it or stick around. You fight, or you flight.
So glad after all these years I have finally got proof I was not imagining things! Until this slashdot posting, I had assumed I was alone. Phew! I owned a 12" PowerBook and had to sell it because every time I used it, the skin on my fingers would crack - and after extended use, bleed at the cracks - despite my good health. Same if I used a relatives 15" aluminium PowerBook for more than a few minutes. I always felt some minor tingling, even in my older (2001) Titanium PowerBook, but only in certain circumstances that must be related to the power adapter issue. What is worrying is that the new MacBook Air is aluminium and I would like to buy one later in the year to replace my aging MacBook that causes no problems being plastic. So, it would seem that the electrical leakage is slightly burning my skin? Or am I allergic to aluminium?
...we're doing something similar and assuming you have done something cool, perhaps there is room for co-operation? owonder.com/contact
The decision makers at large and small businesses do not normally read Slashdot and other journals. They are more often than not sold solutions buy sales people or their advisors. (Remember the old phrase, "No one ever got fired for buying IBM.") Well, just as VHS won over Beta in the video wars because JVC were smart enough to ensure a lot of Porn was released on VHS, so with the future of software and OS's, something somewhere will be 'the' killer app to get whoever creates it a foothold. And if whoever that is, whether it's Google, Microsoft, Zoho or some as yet unheard of company or pair of individuals, continues to innovate, then they will end up taking the lead. Remember how it was in the 1980s, who made the best image editing application? Electronic Arts with Deluxe Paint! How things change. Electronic Arts are now the world's leading Game publisher and Photoshop (from the at the time unheard of Adobe) is now the leading image editor. Why? Because EA dropped the ball with DPaint while Adobe have continued to develop and innovate so that Photoshop continues to be a SOLUTION. Enough said. :-)
...My Macbook hard drive crashed due to a KNOWN fault with the drives, although I did not know it was a known fault at the time. Apple refused to replace the drive unless I sent it to them - despite me getting an Applestore to validate the drive had crashed. I refused to send it to Apple to protect my privacy in case they were able to recover any data. So, I had to pay for a new drive - and have kept the old drive. However, now I have read this article and learned that the specific drive model has a known fault, I am going to drop Apple a line. To be fair to Apple, I have no problem with providing evidence that the drive is unusable.
This is what I did: 1. Researched which was the best printer to buy for reliability and versatility - Canon won every time (I have NO connection with the company) 2. Research which had best value longest lasting cartridges - Canon (according to comments on Amazon.co.uk/com buyer reviews) 3. Purchase my USB cable online for £5 as opposed to £15 in retail store 4. Later, when we have to share the printer, I plan to purchase a WiFi card for the printer. (I opted for a Canon MP600, which has proven excellent.) The printer industry, Canon excepted, is doing more to harm the environment than any other. (My opinion.) It is a waste of resources to need to treck down to your local PC store because the Magenta cartridge is empty so you can print that vital document/page/photo. And pay for the nose for it. Buy a middle to top of the range Canon, or a mid range Laser Printer. Or even better, try what we did for a year, discard your printer and post everything to a Blog or Wiki. (We purchased a printer again for some short run letter writing and legal documents.) When a manufacturer does something right, it is terrible that retailers drop their product. Canon are excellent and if the retailers want to profit from their products, they should price them competitively and sell more of them - just as Jessops (UK) are doing, with the MP600 £10 less expensive than online! (HP are terribly unethical with regard to their printers.) Not done much research into Epson or Lexmark.
Mosaic > Netscape > AOL > Explorer > Firefox/Safari/Opera > ? Classmates.com > Friendster > Friends Reunited (UK) > Bebo/MySpace/Facebook > ? Altavista > Excite > Ask > Yahoo > Google > ? And maybe something new that replaces all the above? Leading to... ? > ? > ? > ? :-)